[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 29CFR500.41]



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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 

         CHAPTER V--WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

 

PART 500_MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION--Table of 

Contents

 

 Subpart B_Registration of Farm Labor Contractors and Employees of Farm 

     Labor Contractors Engaged in Farm Labor Contracting Activities

 

Sec.  500.41  Farm labor contractor is responsible for actions of his 

farm labor contractor employee.



    (a) A farm labor contractor is responsible for assuring that every 

employee who is performing farm labor contracting activities on behalf 

of such contractor has obtained either a Farm Labor Contractor Employee 

Certificate of Registration or a Certificate of Registration as an 

independent farm labor contractor, as required by the Act and these 

regulations, prior to such employee's engagement in any activity 

enumerated in section 3(6) of the Act. A farm labor contractor who 

utilizes the services of another farm labor contractor who is not his 

employee must also comply with the provisions of Sec.  500.71. The farm 

labor contractor is responsible for any violations of the Act or these 

regulations committed by his employee, whether or not the employee has 

registered as required by the Act.

    (b) A Farm Labor Contractor Employee Certificate of Registration is 

valid only during the period in which the holder is an employee of the 

registered farm labor contractor named on the Farm Labor Contractor 

Employee Certificate. If prior to the expiration of the Employee 

Certificate, the holder, through a change in employment, should become 

an employee of a different registered farm labor contractor, a 

replacement Employee Certificate which names the new employer may be 

obtained by submitting to the



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regional office that issued the original employee certificate or to any 

regional office of the Wage and Hour Division, Employment Standards 

Administration, a written statement that includes the date of the change 

in employment status and the name, the permanent place of residence and 

certificate registration number of the new employer. Any such change 

should be reported immediately.